bungalow

la marseillaise is another good, underseen renoir that is actually my favorite film of his. he made it just before la regle de jeu--it's interesting to see how his style developed from this film to rules of the game, which practically revolutionized cinema. it's a historical film about the revolution, so an interest in french history would probably increase your enjoyment of the film, but it's great nonetheless. you can definitely begin to see the interest in small detail--facial expressions, slight movements, side conversations--that flourished in rules of the game and make it such a rich film to experience. renoir became a master at integrating these details and creating living social worlds for his characters and his style applies well to his interpretation of the many facets of the revolution.